Book haul

[vivdunstan]

Book haul from Monifieth Library (4 books from elsewhere in Angus, found in the library catalogue and transferred over to Monifieth for me) plus a small book about the Greek Myths I'd ordered from our local bookshop in Broughty Ferry.

Comments

[greenwoodside]

"The fiddle in Scottish culture" looks v interesting. When I played the violin (badly) as a teenager, I was keen on Niel Gow and to a lesser extent J Scott Skinner.

[vivdunstan]

I'm a lapsed violin player too - played it from age 8 or so through to 18. And also played it in the Scottish Borders schools orchestra for many years. But I stopped it when I went to university. And although I still have my violin (though haven't peeked in the case for decades ...) I'm not feeling the urge to pick it up again. It looks like a very good book anyway. Written in a rigorous yet accessible way, and full of illustrations and even sheet music notation for bits of tunes on many pages.

[greenwoodside]

I'll have to make a note of it. (In fact, will add it to my Amazon wishlist. I try to avoid actually buying stuff from them, but the wishlist is handy).

During lockdown I took up the mandolin -- it was quieter and less physically effortful than the violin, but let me noodle away at the fiddle repertoire from the comfort of an armchair, since it had the same tuning. Sold it before my last but one move, but will likely reacquire one this year.